Judge rules some NIH grant cuts illegal, saying he’s never seen such discrimination in 40 years The judge said the case raises serious questions about racial discrimination by the government.

Judge rules some NIH grant cuts illegal, saying he's never seen such discrimination in 40 years ... Updated: 5:10 PM CDT Jun 16, 2025 Editorial Standards ⓘ By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer ...

It would also mean awarding fewer new grants. The fiscal 2026 budget proposal estimates that NIH research grant awards would drop from 42,143 in 2024, to 38,069 in 2025, to 27,477 in 2026.

U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jayanta (Jay) Bhattacharya testifies during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on June 10, 2025.

STAT News first reported Monday that the directive had been rescinded, with a rescission notice posted Monday stating that “NIH is awaiting further Federal-wide guidance and will provide a future ...

The NIH has canceled $9.5 billion worth of funding through 2,100 research grants since January and another $2.6 billion in contracts supporting clinical trials, according to a recent letter signed ...

The NIH director was sworn into his role on April 1, after many of those DOGE-led terminations took place. But he said that appeals will move swiftly. “It won’t take 18 months.

NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya faced sharp questions Tuesday about the agency's proposed 2026 budget from Republican and Democratic senators.

NIH is the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research and has long enjoyed bipartisan support from U.S. lawmakers. The Trump administration has proposed cutting $18 billion, or 40% ...

Hundreds of scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a call for action they dubbed the Bethesda Declaration on Monday to push back against cutbacks and changes at the ...

NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump’s deep cuts in public health research Jenna Norton, who works as a researcher at the National Institutes of Health, in Bethesda, Md., on Friday.

With that in place, he said in a statement in April, “NIH scientists can be certain they are afforded the ability to engage in open, academic discourse as part of their official duties and in ...